Variability in the muscle composition of rat esophagus and neural pathway of lower esophageal sphincter relaxation

American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology

Volumn 301, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Jiang, Yanfen ^a   Bhargava, Valmik ^a   Lal, Harshal A ^a   Mittal, Ravinder K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Inhibitory motor neurons of lower esophageal sphincter; Longitudinal muscle esophagus; Vagl pathway to lower esophageal sphincter

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; HEXAMETHONIUM; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; PANCURONIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS MUSCLE; FAST MUSCLE; IN VIVO STUDY; LONGITUDINAL MUSCLE; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER PRESSURE; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER RELAXATION; MALE; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PIEZOELECTRICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION; VAGOTOMY; VAGUS NERVE; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; ESOPHAGEAL SPHINCTER, LOWER; GANGLIONIC BLOCKERS; HEXAMETHONIUM; MALE; MECHANORECEPTORS; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEUROMUSCULAR NONDEPOLARIZING AGENTS; PANCURONIUM; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 82455219463     PISSN: 01931857     EISSN: 15221547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00273.2011     Document Type: Article

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